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<p><strong>Junie Foo</strong><br><strong>Co-Chair, BoardAgender</strong></p>
<p>A seasoned corporate banker, Junie has dedicated her volunteer leadership roles in non-profit organisations to create opportunities for women to gain professional and personal empowerment. She was President of Financial Women&rsquo;s Association from 2004-2006, First Vice President of the Singapore Council of Women&rsquo;s Organisations (SCWO) from 2008-2010, and the SCWO Chairperson for the International Women&rsquo;s Day celebration 2009. Junie is passionate about facilitating opportunities for women to advance into senior leadership roles, and views a focus on gender diversity within organisations to be both a recipe for business success, as well as a socially responsible measure.</p>
<p>Junie is a frequent speaker at women in business conferences. In 2010, she spoke at the Women Leadership Forum organised by Singapore Institute of Management on Women and Leadership. She also was invited to speak at the APEC Women&rsquo;s Leadership Conference 2008 in Peru on Open Business Facilitation for Women, to be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Asian Student Banking and Finance Conference 2008 organised by Nanyang Technological University, and to be a speaker at the Women in Business Conference in 2007 where she spoke on devising strategies to integrate more women into top management.</p>
<p>Junie is Assistant General Manager of the Asian Business Division at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. Effectively trilingual &ndash; English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese &ndash; she had an international stint in Tokyo during which she honed her skills in credit, client coverage and asset backed securitisation. She has previously held positions at ANZ, Standard Chartered Bank and Citi.</p>